ix, 102 pages ; 24 cm

Students between the ages of 9-15 often seem to exist in a Twilight Zone between childhood and functioning adulthood. These critical years are an essential time to teach those adolescents to accept responsibility for the consequences of their own behaviour, to recognize that mistakes can be an opportunity for learning, and to formulate and live with classroom rules and community rules that promote responsibility, respect, and self-discipline. Richard L Curwin offers teachers eight classroom-ready strategies that will help their students make good choices for good behaviour in the classroom and then transfer those behaviours to the real world outside school

Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-98) and index

The classroom as a laboratory for life : ages 9 through 15 are a twilight zone between childhood and functioning adulthood -- Eight objectives and ten guidelines for using this book : introducing eight strategies with language and examples that you can refine to fit your students as you know them -- Accepting responsibility : strategy question 1, who is responsible for one's behavior? -- Who's in charge? : strategy question 2, what is the difference between internal and external control? -- The art of prediction : strategy question 3, why is prediction an important life skill? -- Take time to plan : strategy question 4, what do students need to know about planning? -- Learning from mistakes : strategy question 5, how do students learn that mistakes can be an opportunity for learning? -- Effective communication : strategy question 6, what do students need to know about direct communication, aggressive behavior, and passive aggressive behavior? -- Rules, rules, rules! : strategy question 7, how do students and teachers formulate classroom rules that promote responsibility and respect? -- The classroom as community : strategy question 8, how do students create, recognize, and develop commitment to a classroom community?

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